[mythtv-users] apt-get install mythtv-suite / E: Broken Packages

[Mike Geisterfer]

At 2005/03/26 - 12:35 AM, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I receive the following error message when I attempt to apt-get
>install mythtv-suite.
>
>[root at stumpy ~]# apt-get install mythtv-suite
>Reading Package Lists... Done
>Building Dependency Tree... Done
>Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
>requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
>distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
>or been moved out of Incoming.
>
>Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
>the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
>that package should be filed.
>The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
>The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   mythtv-suite: Depends: mythvideo (>= 0.17) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>                 Depends: mythmkmovie (>= 1.0.1) but it is not going to
>be installed
>E: Broken packages
>
>I've verified my /etc/apt/sources.list file to make sure there is no
>kde-redhat references[root at stumpy ~]# apt-get install mythtv-suite
>Reading Package Lists... Done
>Building Dependency Tree... Done
>Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
>requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
>distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
>or been moved out of Incoming.
>
>Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
>the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
>that package should be filed.
>The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
>The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   mythtv-suite: Depends: mythvideo (>= 0.17) but it is not going to be 
> installed
>                 Depends: mythmkmovie (>= 1.0.1) but it is not going to
>be installed
>E: Broken packages
>
>I've googled around a bit and checked several links in gossamer
>threads.  This seems to be a frequently asked question, but I still
>cannot find a suitable solution.  Here's what I've tried:
>
>1. Ensure that kde-redhat is removed from /etc/apt/sources.list
>2 (a). rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__*
>    (b). rpm -vv --rebuilddb
>3. apt-get update
>4. atp-get dist-upgrade
>5. apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=true install mythtv-suite
>6. Change from at-stable to at-testing, and apt-get update
>
>All of these yielded the same error message.  In this thread
>(http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/53184?search_string=apt-get%20install%20mythtv-suite;#53184)
>Nathan says that he started over.  Do I just need to start over again?
>
>Here's the rest of the information:
>
>All-in one system
>Fedora Core 3
>i686 arch
>Jarod's install guide
>PVR-350
>
>Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Matt.
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Matt, you're not the only one having the problem.
Fresh install, FC3, same error.

Have you found a workaround, without the fresh install or compiling from 
source?

Mike G.